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  • Kind-hearted Argus readers dig deep for poorly dog

    A teenager who was told she would lose her dog because she couldn’t afford the vet bills is set to be reunited with the pet – thanks to Argus readers. Meghan Bingham was told she would have to pay around £2,000 for an operation after Blue was

  • Bus boss warnings over planned Brighton Station improvements

    Bus bosses have warned planned improvements to Brighton Station could “significantly reduce” the number of services to the transport hub. Hundreds of thousands of workers and visitors use the area as a gateway into Brighton and Hove. To improve

  • Hoskins eyes another Albion chance

    Will Hoskins has refused to rule out reviving his career with Albion. The injury-plagued striker is open-minded about his future after successful hernia surgery. Hoskins has only started three games for the Seagulls since a £500,000 move from Bristol

  • Record adoption highs in West Sussex

    Adoptions levels have reached record highs. West Sussex County Council said 50 children had been adopted in the county in the last year, the highest number since records began. A further 41 special guardianship orders were also made over the

  • Peacehaven man in court over stolen Audi crash

    A stolen car crashed after a burglary. The smash took place at the corner of Mayo Road and Prince’s Road, Brighton, at about 3.45am on Thursday. The Audi was stolen in a burglary at a home in Coleman Avenue, Hove, at about 3am. Police then saw

  • Diamond jubilation and celebration

    The country will come to a halt as the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee over an extended special Bank Holiday weekend this month. While the Queen enjoys a series of spectacular events in London over the four days from Saturday, June 2,

  • End of hospital trust income from advertising

    Hospital trusts have raised tens of thousands of pounds a year by allowing ambulance-chasing personal injury lawyers and claims management companies to advertise in their hospitals. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, which is responsible for

  • Woman fighting for her life after being stabbed

    A woman is fighting for her life after being stabbed. She was knifed in Northgate Parade, Crawley, during the early hours of this morning. Her condition is being treated as critical and she is in St George’s Hospital in Tooting, South

  • Reds sign keeper

    Crawley have signed out-of-contract goalkeeper Paul Jones on a two-year-deal. The 25-year-old was most recently with Peterborough United having previously had spells with Leyton Orient and Exeter. He played 37 times for Posh last term

  • Empty canoe sparks major hunt near Eastbourne

    A large scale hunt has been launched involving lifeboat crews and the RAF helicopter after an empty canoe was spotted drifting off the east Sussex coast. The red canoe, which is in very good condition, was initially spotted in the sea close to Pevensey

  • Sussex schools miss out on cash

    Not a penny of billions of pounds of cash earmarked for school renovation will be spent on Sussex’s crumbling classrooms. A total of 11 schools across West Sussex and Brighton and Hove applied for urgent funding to the Department for Education.

  • Blazes in Brighton and Hove this morning

    A motorhome has been seriously damaged in a fire. The motorhome was parked in the driveway of a home in Eastwick Close, Patcham, Brighton, when it accidentally caught alight at 11.40am today. Two crews from Preston Circus station attended. Am East

  • Plunge man found hanged at Brighton home

    A man hanged himself after mental health officials said they had no room to treat him. Patrick Whiting took his own life after being told there was no bed available for him at a mental unit. Last night his family demanded to know why their loved

  • No lifeguards on hottest day of the year

    brighton and Hove’s beaches will be without lifeguards for the busiest weekend of the year. The mercury in the thermometer reached 26C yesterday as Sussex continued to sizzle. Thousands of people headed for to Brighton beach yesterday to bask in

  • A way to go with trams

    YOUR splendid photograph of Brighton tram 75 (Letters, May 23, pictured below) was taken in Grand Parade, Brighton. It is heading towards the Old Steine and is at the bottom of Church Street. The background appears unchanged to this day. Letter writer

  • Every city needs a decent tagline

    “BRIGHTON and Hove needs a better tagline if the city is going to attract business and start-ups from elsewhere in the UK and abroad,” according to a recent article in The Argus (May 22). “The location that makes business sense” is hardly inspiring

  • Keen gardeners can make an allotment plot work

    IN RESPONSE to your story about allotments (The Argus, May 18), there are allotments in the road I live in which are very well looked after. There is a piece of land next to these allotments which, we were told, was being saved to extend the existing

  • CMS turns down Olympic chance

    Albion's Scotland international striker Craig Mackail-Smith has rejected the chance to represent Team GB at the London Olympics. Mackail-Smith was placed on the shortlist for the squad by coach Stuart Pearce but wants to save his energy for the Seagulls